Comments on: The public sector is not working http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2006/12/29/the-public-sector-is-not-working/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sam Tarran http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2006/12/29/the-public-sector-is-not-working/#comment-124 Sam Tarran Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:59:42 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=29#comment-124 Funny: MPs get a longer Christmas break than we do at my school. The Adam Smith Institute recently wrote that his local vet was on emergency call over Christmas, but his local doctor was not. I'm not advocating a privatisation of the NHS here, but it just shows how the profit incentive sometimes (in fact, most of the time) works far better in getting people off their asses than government subsidy. Funny: MPs get a longer Christmas break than we do at my school.

The Adam Smith Institute recently wrote that his local vet was on emergency call over Christmas, but his local doctor was not. I’m not advocating a privatisation of the NHS here, but it just shows how the profit incentive sometimes (in fact, most of the time) works far better in getting people off their asses than government subsidy.

]]> By: Kit http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2006/12/29/the-public-sector-is-not-working/#comment-123 Kit Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:12:14 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=29#comment-123 You are wrong. We should be giving them longer and longer holidays. Parliament should only be sitting for a couple of days a month/year. This will cut down on poor legalisation and red-tape. As for the public sector we might find we don't actually need its services at all. You are wrong. We should be giving them longer and longer holidays. Parliament should only be sitting for a couple of days a month/year. This will cut down on poor legalisation and red-tape. As for the public sector we might find we don’t actually need its services at all.

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